Edna Mathews Island

Edna Mathews Island (51˚35'00" 127˚33'00" N of Walbran I, Rivers Inlet). Edna Mathews married fellow Univ of Toronto student George Darby in 1914 and moved with him to the central BC coast, where he became a well-known Methodist medical missionary based at Bella Bella. Edna played an important role in early mission activities but moved to Vancouver in 1923 for the Darby children’s schooling. She returned to Bella Bella in 1948 until 1959, when the Darbys retired to Vancouver. See also Darby...

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